Adjustable hand-strap.



C. V. W. MOTT.

ADJUSTABLE HAND STRAP. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1916.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

onion.

CLARA V. W. MOT'I', OF WEST ARLINGTON, MARYLAND.

ADJUSTABLE HAND-STRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed. February 3, 1916. Serial No. 75,942.

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA V. W. Mo'r'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Arlington, in the county of Baltimore and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdjustable Hand-Straps for Railway-Cars, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to straps used in street cars as hand holds forthe convenience of standing passengers. ordinarily constructed andmounted, can be readily grasped by persons of average height, but theyare beyond the reach of many persons, especially ladies and children.

The invention therefore has for its object to provide a strap which isadjustable as to length, so that it may be drawn down low enough to bereached by short persons.

The invention also has for its object to provide an adjustable strap ofthe kind stated which is simple and inexpensive, it being made in onepiece.

With the objects stated in view, the invention consists in a novelcombination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described andclaimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, referenceis had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an edge view of the strap extended to itsfull length; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is an edgeview of the strap shortened up.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a leather or otherstrap 5 having a suspension loop 6 at its upper end. whereby it ismounted on the usual supporting rod 7. The lower end of the strap islooped to form two hand holds as will be presently described. The twoends of the strap are riveted together, as indicated at 8, to form theloop 6. One of the ends 9 of the strap depending from the loop 6 islonger than the other depending end 10, and said end 9 has at itsextremity a slide or eye 11 through which the end 10 loosely passes. Theend 10 is riveted or otherwise fixed at its extremitv. as indicated at12. to the end 9 at some distance from the slide 11.

These straps, as

The arrangement of the two depending ends of the strap as hereinbeforedescribed, and the connection therebetween, provides a 'main and anauxiliary hand hold. The main hand hold is formed by that portion of thestrap ends 9 and 10 connected at 12, and the auxiliary hand hold isformed by that portion of the strap end 9 which is below the connection12, and has a sliding connection, by means of the slide 11, with the end10.

To extend the auxiliary hand hold into position for use, the strap endcarrying the slide 11 is drawn down to form a loop 13 as shown inFig. 1. This loop is below the main hand hold, so that the strap is nowwithin easy reach of short persons. The main hand hold may also be usedwith the auxiliary hand hold down; or the strap may be shortened up asshown in Fig. 3, this being done by moving the slide 11 upward on thestrap end 10 until the end 9 carrying the slide lies closely against theouter face of the strap end 10.

The adjustment hereinbefore described can be readily made, and thedevice therefore effectually serves the purpose for which it isdesigned. The device is also very simple and inexpensive, and easilymanufactured, as the entire strap is in one piece.

I claim:

1. A car strap having suspension means at the top, and two endsdepending therefrom, one of said depending ends being shorter than theother end and connected to the longer end a distance from its extremity,and the extremity of the longer end having a sliding connection with theshorter end.

2. A car strap having suspension means at the top, and two endsdepending therefrom, one of said depending ends being shorter than theother end and connected to the latter a distance from its extremity, anda slide on the extremity of the longer end, said slide being connectedto the shorter end.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARA V. W. MOTT.

Witnesses:

E. IVALTON Bnnwrxo'rox, HOWARD D. ADAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

